E-Z Pedicabs
How EZ Pedicabs’ streetcar collaboration opened a new route to connected culture, art
Launched ahead of this month’s First Friday events in the Crossroads Arts District, the “Partners in Transit” effort pairs the streetcar with homegrown EZ Pedicabs, an electric-assisted pedicab service known for its eye-catching string lights and dangling knitted hearts.
‘Going bigger than ever before’: Meet the star finalists vying for $60K in AltCap Your Biz prizes
Nearly a dozen small businesses are set to compete this fall for $60,000 in prizes, AltCap Your Biz organizers said Friday, announcing 10 finalists in the expanded pitch competition’s 11th journey to the stage with Kansas City entrepreneurs.
How AltCap Your Biz put one of World Cup’s biggest KC small biz winners in the driver’s seat
A $35,000 grand prize helped EZ Pedicabs place its foot on the pedal months before the FIFA World Cup; by the time tens of thousands of visitors arrived, the company was ready with more bikes, more drivers, and the capacity to serve more of downtown Kansas City than ever before, its founders said.
Sisterhood of entrepreneurs: World Cup small biz effort forged unexpected bonds between founders
Business owners backed by the City of Entrepreneurs initiative are getting more than they bargained for, said Jackie Nguyen, describing the scene during the FIFA World Cup when she looked around Union Station and found herself surrounded by a freshly connected sisterhood — a family — of entrepreneurs.
Small Biz to Watch: E-Z Pedicabs expands routes with KC, World Cup visitors along for the ride
With an influx of visitors tied to the 2026 FIFA World Cup and a wave of downtown development reshaping how residents navigate the city, a young Kansas City pedicab company sees opportunity in the lane ahead.
